Best new music plugins this week: Prophet-5, MonoDelay

The following roundup presents a neutral overview of the best new music plugins this week, highlighting recent releases, updates, and freeware picks. The article covers new and updated plugins from GForce, Drop_Out Audio, PSPaudioware, Iconic Instruments and others, along with an updated version of Rando and a freeware section. It summarises release details, feature highlights and introductory pricing where available.

GForce has released the first official software recreation of the Sequential Prophet-5, offered at an introductory price of £69 with a full price of £99 until 31 July. The virtual instrument includes the original 1978 factory presets alongside 460 new sounds and supports MPE, a dual-layer architecture, and X-Modifiers routing. The original Prophet-5 hardware was used on Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Peter Gabriel’s So, and by Kraftwerk on their 1981 Computer World tour. These details are listed alongside other recent plugin announcements.

Drop_Out Audio’s MonoDelay is priced at €39 and emulates the Korg Monotron by recreating a PT2399-style lo-fi delay, a ribbon-synth element and an LFO modulation system with up to 110% feedback. PSPaudioware’s Levelizer is available at an introductory price of $49, rising to a full price of $69 after 30 June. Iconic Instruments’ Detroit Drums are intro-priced at $79 each (usually $99) or $129 for a bundle and include a tube preamp emulation, a 140 plate reverb, 660-style compression and a tape effect for the mix bus in collaboration with Good Hands Drum Shop. Rando has been updated to version 2.5, is free for existing owners and is available at €69 until the end of the month (full price €99), adding a zone feature for keyboard ranges, sample slicing and a multi-lane sequencer; Valhalla Supermassive and Helm are cited as freeware favourites in the freeware section.

GForce has released the first official software recreation of the Sequential Prophet-5. The plugin is being offered at an introductory price of £69, with a full price of £99 applying after 31 July. The announcement notes historical usage of the original Prophet-5 hardware on Michael Jackson’s Thriller, on Peter Gabriel’s So, and by Kraftwerk on their 1981 Computer World tour. These details are presented alongside other recent plugin releases in the report.

The Prophet-5 virtual instrument package includes the original 1978 factory presets plus 460 new sounds, and the release description lists support for MPE, a dual-layer architecture and X-Modifiers routing. The listed sound and routing features are stated explicitly in the release information. The available sources do not provide other technical specifications beyond the features, presets and pricing details cited above. No additional developer commentary or benchmark specifications are provided in the available material.

MonoDelay is a plugin from Drop_Out Audio priced at €39 at release. The software emulates the Korg Monotron and recreates a PT2399-style lo-fi delay, aiming to reproduce the distinctive delay coloration associated with that IC.

The delay section supports up to 110% feedback, and the package includes a ribbon-synth element woven into the signal path alongside the delay circuitry. An LFO modulation system is provided to modulate delay time and other applicable parameters across the effect, creating movement and modulation options.

These elements are presented in the release information as the plugin’s core technical and sound-design features and release notes.

PSP Levelizer is being offered at an introductory price of $49, with a full price of $69 applying after 30 June. The release information included in the available material lists only the time-limited pricing and the full price point. No technical specifications, feature descriptions, supported formats, platform compatibility or usage examples are provided in the available material. The available sources do not provide this information.

Detroit Drums is a product from Iconic Instruments that is intro-priced at $79 per kit (regularly $99) or $129 for a bundle. The release notes list included processing and effects as a tube preamp emulation, a 140 plate reverb, 660-style compression and a tape effect intended for the mix bus. The announcement also states that Detroit Drums is a collaboration with Good Hands Drum Shop. The available material does not include additional technical specifications, system requirements or format details.

Rando has been updated to version 2.5 and is available at €69 until the end of the month, with a full price of €99 thereafter. The update is free for existing owners. Version 2.5 adds a zone feature for keyboard ranges, sample slicing and a multi-lane sequencer. The available material does not provide additional technical specifications or system requirements for the update.

Valhalla Supermassive and Helm are cited as freeware favourites in the article’s freeware section. The available material does not provide this information. They are listed in the freeware section alongside other plugin announcements. These freeware picks appear in the same section as other recent plugin announcements covered in the article.

CONCLUSION

This conclusion reiterates the best new music plugins this week and summarises the plugin releases covered in the article. The article lists a software recreation of the Sequential Prophet-5 from GForce, a MonoDelay plugin from Drop_Out Audio that emulates Korg Monotron characteristics, PSPaudioware’s Levelizer, and the Detroit Drums kits from Iconic Instruments. It also documents an update to Rando (version 2.5) and a freeware section that names Valhalla Supermassive and Helm. These entries are the principal items covered in the piece.

For each plugin entry the article presents release statements that include pricing information, feature highlights and time-limited introductory offers where applicable. Detailed points such as original presets, supported technologies, emulation targets, modulation systems and bundle options are set out in the relevant sections above. The available article material does not include additional technical benchmark data or system-requirement details. The available sources do not provide further developer commentary beyond the release details presented in the article.